Report: Hillary Clinton in dark on Huma Abedin

Hillary Clinton did not know her longtime adviser Huma Abedin would be speaking out in favor of her husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner, after revelations he engaged in more illicit online conversations, CNN reports.

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“Hillary Clinton was not involved,” another source said.

Many were shocked when Abedin not only stood by her husband, who is running for mayor of New York City, but spoke out on his behalf at a press conference on Tuesday. Some suggested she was taking a page out of the former secretary of state’s “stand-by-your-man” playbook.